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Accuracy of zero-heat-flux temperature monitoring

A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Information

This webpage contains supplementary information for the systematic review. In the results and data pages, users can select a subset of studies to view. We also provide source documents for the data that were extracted from the study.

Authors

Aaron Conway (Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, UHN & Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto)

Megan Bittner (Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto)

Dan Phan (Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto)

Navpreet Kamboj (Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto)

Kristina Chang (Toronto General Hospital, UHN)

Elizabeth Tipton (Dapartment of Statistics, Northwestern University)

Matteo Parotto (Toronto General Hospital, UHN)

Search Strategy

Medline Search Strategy

1. zero-heat flux

2. zero-flux

3. 1 OR 2

4. (SpotON) OR (Temple Touch Pro)

5. 3 OR 4

6. Accuracy OR precision OR reliability OR validity OR validation OR standard deviation

7. Bias OR mean difference OR limit of agreement OR Bland Altman

8. 6 OR 7

9. (exp “diagnostic errors” / OR exp “sensitivity and specificity” / OR (accura* OR reliability* OR target* OR utilt* OR discriminat* OR differentiat*) 10. 8 OR 9

11. 5 AND 10

Embase Search Strategy

1. zero-heat flux

2. zero-flux

3. 1 OR 2

4. (SpotON) OR (Temple Touch Pro)

5. 3 OR 4

6. Accuracy OR precision OR reliability OR validity OR validation OR standard deviation

7. Bias OR mean difference OR limit of agreement OR Bland Altman

8. 6 OR 7

9. ('diagnostic accuracy'/de OR 'diagnostic test accuracy study'/de OR 'diagnostic error'/exp OR 'diagnostic value'/de OR 'sensitivity and specificity'/de OR 'predictive value'/de OR (accura* OR reliabilit* OR target* OR utilit* OR discriminat* OR differentiat*)

11. 5 AND 10

Study selection

Risk of bias

Across studies

Within studies

Source data